<p>I thinking about starting a Young Democrats of America Club at my CCC so, I could be able put down that I was a founder and president of a club on my UC app. How good will this look on my app and is it worth my time?</p>
<p>haha dude please don't.</p>
<p>Only if it's something you know you'll really enjoy.</p>
<p>...</p>
<p>I'm with Cardinal. If it's only for your application, please don't.</p>
<p>"Participating in activities solely for the sake of putting it on your application, in the fear that you do not have enough extracurriculars to be competitive. Ill be the first to admit that I participated in an extracurricular that I did not have 100% passion for (Student Government), just to show admissions committees that I was a well rounded student. In learning from my own experience, I would like to strongly advice the future transfer classes to avoid doing this. First of all, its detrimental to you because the activity will be boring and itll take away time from your true passions. Secondly, your work may come across as half-assed because it doesnt truly engage your interest. And most of all, you are taking away a position from someone who perhaps hold genuine interest in that particular field or position. With this in mind, I would like to challenge the transfer class of 2009 and beyond to move away from application fluffing. From what Ive seen, most of you have the stats to be admitted into UCLA and UCB, so this is almost completely unnecessary. Truly, no one will care if you fork over seventy-five dollars to join PTK or AGS, or if you sign up for some random club on campus, or if you do participate in some Cancer walk. Instead, I would advise you to start focusing on the interests and pursuits more aligned with your graduate and career intentions. Not only will this help you prepare for graduate school admissions which is worlds more competitive than transfer admissions, but it will also inevitably show your relevant passion for your major. For example: if you are pre-med, drop the student government and go do some research in your intended field; if you are pre-business, forget the club board position and go get a relevant internship instead, if you are an aspiring writer, forget the tutoring and start seeking publishing. In short, since most of you are qualified to get into UCLA/UCB, you should not overdo or overburden yourself with random activities. If you are going to stress about anything, it should be grad school and grad school alone."</p>
<p>I agree with the fact that you should do something you love and you are passionate about, because only then you'll be able to enjoy them. However! i do not see how the admissions could see that one isn't passionate in an EC that one has participated for over 3 or 4 years.</p>
<p>I hope that your application will not be as transparent as that question you just asked, blisspatrol. Trust me, adcoms can see right through it.</p>
<p>It's a great idea. </p>
<p>I'm starting a debate club at my uni.</p>
<p>oh yah ? I am starting a young entrepreneurs club at my ccc</p>
<p>Thanks cardinal, your right I need to stop sweating the small stuff (undergrad) and think about grad school. However, I think I will still go ahead with the club, just because I really do want to start a democratic club at my school.</p>
<p>Video game club @ my CCC. Requirements are just to bring a system every meeting. Plus, it's something I enjoy :)</p>
<p>Holy Crap Wow
Omg Im So Dumb Never Thought Of That
Wow thas a good idea
=D</p>
<p>Videogame Club. Now that's interesting.</p>
<p>I want to start a club for Liberals/Democrats in my uni. but I don't think we're allowed to do anything so political. haha -- and this is college. sigh.</p>
<p>my school already has a team at CAL and WCG darn! i couldn't even make it through the first round of tryout in unreal tournament, warcraft III and starcraft :(</p>
<p>LOL. There are actual tournaments and tryouts?! That's so funny!</p>
<p>Although I do realize these games take major 'skillz' to master. ;p</p>
<p>hahaha I was super pro at broodwar and wc3. I was once considered "best player under the age of 16" during my bw days... should I put that under my ECs?</p>
<p>Oh, most certainly. haha.</p>
<p>you play with the koreans? ;)</p>
<p>I did actually. I constantly played with Yellow, Red`NaNa, and Elky before they all became progamers.</p>
<p>definitely list that as an EC :P</p>